Intro
Window down two inches just to feel the drag
(drag)
Circulation coming back
Verse
Copper penny taste on the roof of my mouth
Defrost line melting as the compass turns south
Six months running like an engine on idle
Guarding every breath like an unearned title
Had my jaw locked tight in the zero-degree
Counting every red light waiting for relief
Now the asphalt is steaming from a fifteen-minute rain
Got the grease on my palm and the hum in my vein
It is a low vibration in the floor of the truck
Not a miracle, brother, and it isn't dumb luck
Just the iron in the blood finding room for the flow
Learning when to hold on, learning when to let go
Coffee in a paper cup, black with no sweet
Feel the grit of the gravel underneath my own feet
Spent four seasons ducking under the blade
Now I step in the light just to notice the shade
Chorus
I feel the blood in my knuckles again (again)
Tires humming low in the heat of the wind (the wind)
Spent too long just surviving the spin
Now the nerve endings wake where the winter has been
Yeah the nerve endings wake where the winter has been
Verse
Used to carry this frame like a porcelain vase
Moving through the rooms with an unreadable face
Every conversation felt like swimming in wool
Keeping half the tanks empty just to say I was full
Now the ribs open wide when I pull in the air
Noticed five different green leaves growing out there
On the cracked concrete ledge by the rusted escape
Took the tape off the lens, let the colors take shape
See, survival is a habit that will eat you alive
You can build a thick wall just to never arrive
So I drop both shoulders from up by my ears
Drink the cold tap water till the vision is clear
Hear the kettle whistle sharp on the second-hand coil
Watch the heat waves shimmy off the dark motor oil
Wasn't looking for a high, wasn't chasing a rush
Just the sound of my chest breaking out of the hush
Chorus
I feel the blood in my knuckles again (again)
Tires humming low in the heat of the wind (the wind)
Spent too long just surviving the spin
Now the nerve endings wake where the winter has been
Yeah the nerve endings wake where the winter has been
Bridge
Friction is a sign that the body is here
Salt stinging in the scrape makes the baseline clear
I stayed numb to stay safe, wore the frost like a shield
Now the thaw cuts through everything I concealed
Let the weather hit the skin, let the gravel bite back
No more ghost in the room, no more slack on the track
Outro
Pulse at seventy-two
(two)
Fingers on the wheel, warm
(warm)
Let it roll